Sielmann Hut – Marktstraße loop from Ecklingerode

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Ecklingerode

Sielmann Hut – Marktstraße loop from Ecklingerode

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Sielmann Hut – Marktstraße loop from Ecklingerode

03:33

13.3km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.80 km

At the Green Belt

Highlight • Natural Monument

The “Green Belt” nature conservation project was born shortly after the border was opened. Nature and environmental conservationists met to secure the former border strip as the "ecological backbone of …

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1.96 km

Sielmann Hut

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Brand new: bench on the green strip in front of the Sielmannhütte with a view of Duderstadt and the Gleichen. The black, red and gold posts are reminiscent of the inner-German border.

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3.67 km

KiKA Treehouse

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Every evening good night stories are told on television from the KIKA tree house. At the Sielmann Foundation, this real replica of the TV backdrop has been an attraction and a popular attraction for children since 2010.

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4.35 km

Marten Trail

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Very popular especially with children. A beautiful climbing path to let off steam.

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4.53 km

Gut Herbigshagen – Heinz Sielmann Foundation Nature Experience Center

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Since 1996 the Gut Herbigshagen of the Sielmann Foundation has been a much-visited center in southern Lower Saxony. The nature experience center links the foundation's core themes with historical and ecological regional conditions.

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4.64 km

Gut Herbigshagen – Heinz Sielmann Foundation

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The Heinz Sielmann Foundation at Gut Herbigshagen has been in existence since 1996. According to its homepage (as of May 2017), the Foundation's staff are available from Monday to Thursday …

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9.14 km

Marktstraße

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The Duderstadt market street is unusually wide for a medieval town.
The two Gothic town churches rise at the respective ends and the town hall is located in the middle …

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9.27 km

Duderstadt Town Hall

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The Duderstadt town hall is one of the most beautiful and oldest in Germany. The building history goes back to 1302. The town hall served merchants as a marketplace and …

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13.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.24 km

2.67 km

1.90 km

411 m

106 m

Surfaces

7.55 km

2.55 km

1.59 km

694 m

583 m

366 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

14°C

7°C

10 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

October 1, 2024,Zur Sielmann Stiftung

Sielmann's Foundation is always worth a visit 🧙‍♂️

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June 26, 2025,Haustürrunde

Sweat from the inside, rain from the outside that wasn't forecast 🤓🧙‍♂️

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December 24, 2024,Heiligabend zum Stall

Obligatory Christmas Eve tour, first discarded fir trees on the way, empty spring, a few meters up the stream and soon reached Sielmanns, animals not disturbed while feeding 🤓KiKa house not climbed for once, Franz von Assisi chapel left standing, fallow deer a bit shy today, short stretch through Thuringia and straight back to Duderstadt 🧙‍♂️

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February 23, 2025,Haustür Runde zum Sonntag

Between champagne breakfast and coffee with cake, doorstep round, highlights Sielmann and sunbathing on the city wall 🧙‍♂️

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December 18, 2022,Wanderrunde DUD über Sielmann Stiftung - Ecklingerode

In icy temperatures, once again past the Sielmann Foundation with the KiKa tree house and the deer park, and on to Ecklingerode via Sielmann Hütte. Since I couldn't get up to a wayside shrine from Hintertorstraße due to construction work and then continue on the way back via a field path, I went up the column path a little later. …

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July 27, 2024,von Duderstadt nach Sielmann und retour

Started from the front door, emptying and up to the Sielmann Foundation, back via Sielmannhütte, Kolonnenweg and Siebigfeld 🧙‍♂️

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